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Philadelphia Union Announce Protected List for 2017 MLS Expansion Draft

Published on December 12, 2017 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


CHESTER, Pa. (Dec. 10, 2017) - Philadelphia Union today announced their protected list for the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft. Scheduled for Tuesday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Expansion Draft gives Los Angeles Football Club the opportunity to add five players to their roster, with only a single player able to be drafted from any one club.

Protected from selection by LAFC are the following players: Alejandro Bedoya, Andre Blake, Jack Elliott, Marcus Epps, Fabinho, Fabian Herbers, Ilsinho, Haris Medunjanin, Fafa Picault, Keegan Rosenberry and CJ Sapong.

Additionally, the following Union players are automatically protected as either Generation adidas players who have not graduated as of the end of the 2017 MLS season, or Homegrown Players on a club's Supplemental/Reserve roster: Anthony Fontana (HG), Derrick Jones (HG), Adam Najem (HG), Auston Trusty (HG) and Josh Yaro (GA).

Each MLS club that competed during the 2017 season is able to protect 11 players between their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. If the player's contract expires at the end of 2017, as is the case with Fabinho, he will still be considered part of the club's Senior Roster. In the case of Fabian Herbers and Ilsinho, if a club protects a player, it is not obligated to exercise the player's option. It may renegotiate a new budget number for the player as in previous years, subject to the CBA. Option Decline Free Agents and Out of Contract Free Agents are part of the Expansion Draft and are not automatically protected.

For full MLS Expansion Draft rules, please click here .

ABOUT PHILADELPHIA UNION

Philadelphia was awarded the 16th Major League Soccer franchise on Feb. 28, 2008 and the Union were officially named on May 11, 2009. Owned and operated by Keystone Sports and Entertainment, LLC, the group launched the Philadelphia Union's inaugural season on March 25, 2010 and opened Talen Energy Stadium on June 27. Throughout the club's history, the Union have reached the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final in 2014 and 2015, and have also reached the MLS Cup Playoffs in 2011 and 2016. In 2018, Philadelphia Union will celebrate nine years of top-flight action at Talen Energy Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium that has hosted internationally known clubs Celtic, Chivas de Guadalajara, Everton, Schalke 04, Aston Villa, Pumas UNAM, Stoke City, Crystal Palace, AFC Bournemouth and Swansea City AFC. For more information about Philadelphia Union, visit www.philadelphiaunion.com .

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